A New Generation Becomes Civic Leaders in Africa
Post courtesy of the United States Institute of Peace. CRCC & USIP partner to run the Generation Change Fellowship Program. By Fred Strasser The road to leadership for Imrana, a Nigerian activist, …
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Do Millennials Care About Religion and the World Around Them?
Il Bo, the online magazine of the University of Padua in Italy, turned to Richard Flory to understand what to make of the falling religious participation of American Millennials. Although Google Translate …
Small Business Summit: Where the Mission Meets the Marketplace
“Dream big and love big,” Rev. Cecil Murray told faith leaders and businesspeople gathered at the University Southern California for the third annual Faith-based Small Business Summit. The summit, themed “where the …
Pace News: Front Page Story on Faith Leaders Institute
Gloria Zuuerveen, editor-in-chief of Pace News, dedicated the entire front page to the Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement’s Faith Leaders Institute. Here’s an excerpt from the piece: Rev. Mark Whitlock, executive …
What’s in a Name? Religious Nones and the American Religious Landscape
This post originally appeared on Religion Dispatches. Over the last several years the term religious “Nones” has become a major topic of discussion and analysis by those who pay attention to religious …
Katy Perry’s Not the Only One Who Wants to Live in a Convent
This post originally appeared on Zocalo Public Square. TIME.com also published the piece. I moved into a convent 10 years ago this summer. My roommates were not Catholic sisters, but other recent …
How Will Church Plants Grow Without Becoming Megachurches?
Six years ago, Peter Guinta and his wife decided to leave their megachurch in Orange County because they wanted a place where they could “be known and know others.” Guinta felt like …
With Religious Affiliation on the Decline, What Should Happen to Hallowed Buildings?
This post originally appeared on Washington Post’s Acts of Faith blog. Katy Perry wants to live in a convent. No, she is not among the young women who want to become a …
Mindfulness and Science: Who’s Winning the Game of Samsara?
In his podcast lecture, Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey, a young Vipassana teacher, raises concerns about the “Mindfulness Industrial Complex.” “We want to win at this game of samsara”—the cyclic existence of suffering, driven by …
Marginal Muslims: Questioning Religion in Indonesia
This post also appeared on Huffington Post Religion. “If Islam is a religion of peace, why are people so violent?” That rhetorical question brought me up short. I wasn’t watching Pamela Geller’s …